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| Helix, Make Mine a Double | |
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| Asperger's Man- The Search for Multi-Regional Human Speciation |
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· 08/30/2012 10:45:34 AM PDT · · Posted by EveningStar · · 10 replies · · The Freehold · · August 29-30, 2012 · · Jonathan David Baird · |
My first love will always be archaeology and the study of what makes us human.This article is speculation. This is my personal musing on the development of certain psychological and physiological human traits. This is not to be taken as anything but my personal opinion. I have no evidence that there was an Asperger's man. This article was also written several years ago and since then more evidence for the possibility of interbreeding with other hominids has come to light in Russia and in Africa that may support my original idea... Part 1·Part 2 |
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| Neandertal / Neanderthal | |
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| Most Neanderthals Were Right-Handed Like Us |
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· 08/26/2012 9:13:15 AM PDT · · Posted by Renfield · · 54 replies · · Live Science · · 8-24-2012 · · Megan Gannon · |
Right-handed humans vastly outnumber lefties by a ratio of about nine to one, and the same may have been true for Neanderthals. Researchers say right-hand dominance in the extinct species suggests that, like humans, they also had the capacity for language. A new analysis of the skeleton of a 20-something Neanderthal man confirms that he was a righty like most of his European caveman cousins whose remains have been studied by scientists (16 of 18 specimens). Dubbed "Regourdou," the skeleton was discovered in 1957 in France, not far from the famous network of caves at Lascaux.... |
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| Neolithic Man: The First Lumberjack? |
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· 08/27/2012 3:38:18 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 10 replies · · Terra Daily · · Wednesday, August 15, 2012 · · Staff Writers · |
The use of functional tools in relation to woodworking over the course of the Neolithic period has not been studied in detail until now. Through their work at the archaeological site of Motza, a neighbourhood in the Judean Hills, Dr. Barkai and his fellow researchers, Prof. Rick Yerkes of Ohio State University and Dr. Hamudi Khalaily of the Israel Antiquity Authority, have unearthed evidence that increasing sophistication in terms of carpentry tools corresponds with increased agriculture and permanent settlements. The early part of the Neolithic age is divided into two distinct eras - Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) and Pre-Pottery Neolithic... |
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| Greenhouse theory smashed by biggest stone |
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· 03/30/2006 4:58:23 PM PST · · Posted by haole · · 57 replies · · PhysOrg · · 14 March 2006 · · Vladimir Shaidurov · |
A new theory to explain global warming was revealed at a meeting at the University of Leicester (UK) and is being considered for publication in the journal "Science First Hand". The controversial theory has nothing to do with burning fossil fuels and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. According to Vladimir Shaidurov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the apparent rise in average global temperature recorded by scientists over the last hundred years or so could be due to atmospheric changes that are not connected to human emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of natural gas and oil. Shaidurov explained how... |
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| New paper finds deep Arctic Ocean from 50,000 to 11,000 years ago was 1-2°C warmer ...... |
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· 08/31/2012 2:10:24 PM PDT · · Posted by Ernest_at_the_Beach · · 20 replies · · Watts Up With That? · · August 29, 2012 · · Anthony Watts · |
Reposted from the Hockey SchtickA new paper published in Nature Geoscience finds "From about 50,000 to 11,000 years ago, the central Arctic Basin from 1,000 to 2,500 meters deep was 1-2°C warmer than modern Arctic Intermediate Water." This finding is particularly surprising because it occurred during the last major ice age. Horizontal axis is thousands of years ago with modern temperatures at the left and 50,000 years ago at the right. Temperature proxy of the Intermediate Water Layer of the Arctic Ocean is shown in top graph with degrees C anomaly noted at the upper right vertical axis. Note... |
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| Ancient Town Found Near Stonehenge |
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· 01/30/2007 10:28:33 AM PST · · Posted by Froufrou · · 15 replies · · woai.com · · 01/30/07 · · Unknown · |
Evidence of a large settlement full of houses dating back to 2,600 BC has been discovered near the ancient stone monument of Stonehenge in southwest England, scientists said on Tuesday. They suspect inhabitants of the houses, forming the largest Neolithic village ever found in Britain, built the stone circle at Stonehenge -- generally thought to have been a temple, burial ground or an astronomy site -- between 3,000 and 1,600 BC. "We found the remains of eight houses," Mike Parker Pearson, a professor of archaeology at Sheffield University, said in a teleconference to announce the discovery. "We think they are... |
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| Third 5,000-year-old figurine found at Orkney dig |
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· 08/31/2012 6:15:12 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 16 replies · · BBC · · August 2012 · · unattributed · |
A third 5,000-year-old hand-carved figurine has been discovered during excavations on Orkney. Archaeologists had previously unearthed two ancient figurines in 2009 and 2010 at the dig at Links of Noltland in Westray. All three will go on display at the Westray Heritage Centre. Alasdair McVicar, chair of the Westray Heritage Trust, said: "The discovery of these figurines has really put Westray and the heritage centre on the map." Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: "There was understandable excitement when the first figurine, believed to be the earliest artistic representation of the human form ever found in the UK, was found in... |
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| Roman Gask Project archaeologists look to uncover Stracathro site's secrets |
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· 08/31/2012 6:27:25 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 4 replies · · Courier UK · · August 28, 2012 · · Graeme Bletcher · |
A team of archaeologists has arrived in Angus to survey the world's most northerly Roman fort. Directors of The Roman Gask Project, Dr David Woolliscroft and Dr Birgitta Hoffmann, are at the ancient site near Stracathro, which was part of a line of Scottish watchtowers believed to be the oldest Roman frontier. Despite being discovered from the air almost 50 years ago, little is known about the structure of the fort near Brechin, which makes up part of the Gask Ridge frontier system. Assisted by volunteers from Liverpool University, the experts will use non-invasive survey techniques such as magnetometry and... |
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| Emperor Caligula Gold Coin Found Underwater Near Cyprus |
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· 08/27/2012 7:05:53 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 13 replies · · Greek Reporter (Source: onair24) · · August 21, 2012 · · Marianna Tsatsou · |
A significant archaeological finding, a gold coin, has been reported discovered underwater in the area between Limassol and Larnaca by a local amateur fisherman. According to Cypriot authorities, the coin is of great value. Cypriot media reported that it dates back to the first century A.D. and depicts the third Roman emperor called Caligula, well-known for his fierce and brutal policy during his reign. On this coin, Caligula is sacrificing an animal before the Temple of Augustus, which is constituted by six pillars. Many coins of the same age have been found over the course of time, but this one... |
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| Ancient poem deifies wife of brutal Roman emperor Nero |
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· 08/26/2012 8:21:11 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 21 replies · · MSNBC · · 8/23/2012 · · Owen Jarus · |
A just-deciphered ancient Greek poem discovered in Egypt deifies Poppaea Sabina, the wife of the infamous Roman emperor Nero, showing her ascending to the stars. Based on the lettering styles and other factors, scholars think the poem was written nearly 200 years after Nero died (about 1,800 years ago), leaving them puzzled as to why someone so far away from Rome would bother composing or copying it at such a late date. In the poem, Poppaea ascends to heaven and becomes a goddess. The ancient goddess Aphrodite says to Poppaea, "my child, stop crying and hurry up: with all their... |
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| Bulgarian archaeologist discover necropolis of ancient Apollonia in Sozopol |
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· 08/31/2012 6:22:29 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 8 replies · · FOCUS News Agency · · 29 August 2012 · · unattributed · |
Bulgarian archaeologists discovered a necropolis of ancient Apollonia in the coastal town of Sozopol, Director of the Museum of History in Sozopol Dimitar Nedev announced for FOCUS News Agency. In Nedev's words, the burial was found in the northern part of the narthex of the three-naved basilica under the levels of the two churches. "The situation is the following: two churches -- one from VI and another from the VII century, with equal period of construction, and another one of the X century, existing until XVII century. In the outlines of the northern part of the narthex, we found the... |
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| The Greek Crisis: Palaeoanthropology and Archaeology |
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· 08/31/2012 6:42:42 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 5 replies · · Heritage Daily.com · · August 29, 2012 · · Charles t. g. Clarke · |
Greece has been in the grip of a financial crisis for the last few years now and Greek heritage sites are hit the worst. There is however, an unseen, less well known crisis and it involves Greek palaeoanthropology -- the study of hominin evolution. It is not so much a crisis as a metaphorical drought of artefacts and fossil evidence, which remains the best way to understand human evolution in Greece. An understanding of tectonic activity and the ever changing relationship between the Aegean Sea and mainland Greece are crucial to understanding why so little Lower Palaeolithic Hominin material has... |
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| Prehistoric tiny bugs found trapped in amber |
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· 08/28/2012 8:29:13 AM PDT · · Posted by null and void · · 26 replies · · WTOP · · 8/28/12 · · Seth Borenstein · |
This undated handout photo provided by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the University of Göttingen shows photomicrographs of the two new species of ancient gall mites in 230-million-year-old amber droplets from northeastern Italy. The gall mites were named: Triasacarus fedelei, left, and Ampezzoa triassica. (AP Photo/A. Schmidt, University of Göttingen, Proceedings of the National Academy) -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have found three well preserved ancient insects frozen in amber -- and time -- in what is Earth's oldest bug trap. The discoveries of amber-encased insects in Italy may sound like something out of "Jurassic Park"... |
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| Shakespeare's Richard III Buried in a UK Parking Lot? |
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· 08/26/2012 5:30:48 PM PDT · · Posted by nickcarraway · · 21 replies · · The Times of India · · Aug 27, 2012 · |
Archaeologists may have solved the puzzle of where the English king Richard III, immortalized by Shakespeare in his play is buried as they have started digging a car park in Leicester for his lost remains. The University of Leicester, Leicester City Council and the Richard III Society have joined forces to search for the grave of Richard III, thought to be under a parking lot for city council offices. The team will use ground-penetrating radar to search for the ideal spots to dig. "This archaeological work offers a golden opportunity to learn more about medieval Leicester as well as about... |
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| Pictures: Mass Sacrifice Found Near Aztec Temple |
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· 08/31/2012 6:18:21 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 21 replies · · National Geographic · · August 2012 · · A.R. Williams · |
Sixteen feet (five meters) below street level in Mexico City, archaeologists have found a jumble of 1,789 bones from children, teenagers, and adults along with the complete skeleton of a young woman. The burial, dating to the 1480s, lies at the foot of the main temple in the sacred ceremonial precinct of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, founded by the Aztecs in 1325. The Aztecs dominated central Mexico until falling to Spanish conquistadores in 1521. Although several burials with multiple remains have been uncovered previously in this precinct, this is the first that includes human bones from such a wide span... |
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| The Revolution | |
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| Seeking Brooklyn's Lost Mass Grave |
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· 08/25/2012 7:23:53 AM PDT · · Posted by Pharmboy · · 45 replies · · The New York Times · · August 25, 2012 · · Justin Burke · |
Confident Bob Furman suspects that up to 256 Revolutionary soldiers lie under this lot in Gowanus.Dave Sanders for The New York Times NOTHING is visible at the intersection of Third Avenue and Eighth Street in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn to indicate that anything extraordinary is there. The artisanal-pie place on one corner and the auto body shops across the way suggest it is merely another spot in the city where grit is giving way to gentrification. But if a small group of history enthusiasts are right, this particular corner of Kings County is hallowed ground. HEROIC Kim Maier,... |
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| USS Constitution Sails For First Time Since 1997 |
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· 08/20/2012 11:21:06 AM PDT · · Posted by moonshot925 · · 25 replies · · NAVY · · 19 August 2012 · · Kathryn E. Macdonald · |
CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (NNS) -- USS Constitution departed her berth from Charlestown, Mass. Aug. 19, to set sail for the first time since 1997, during an underway demonstration commemorating Guerriere Day. The underway honored the 200th anniversary of Constitution's decisive victory over the HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812, marking the first time a United States frigate defeated a Royal Navy frigate at or nearly equal size. It's also the battle in which Constitution earned her famous nickname "Old Ironsides." The ship got underway at 9:57 a.m. with tugs attached to her sides and 285 people on board, including special... |
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| 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam |
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· 08/26/2012 6:52:09 PM PDT · · Posted by PaulZe · · 37 replies · · 150thAntietamReenactment.com · |
The 150th Antietam-Sharpsburg Reenactment is pleased to announce we will be hosting a Remembrance Illumination scheduled for Saturday evening, September 15th at 7PM. The Antietam Illumination Committee in conjunction with Michael Wicklein will be placing 3654 (Union KIA 2108, Confederate KIA 1546) candles on the reenactment battlefield in remembrance of the number killed in action on September 17, 1862 at the Battle of Antietam. Lasting approximately one hour, the program will include an artillery salute. |
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| Back to the Future | |
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| Sci-Fi writers of the past predict life in 2012 |
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· 08/28/2012 12:09:46 PM PDT · · Posted by EveningStar · · 16 replies · · Gizmag · · August 5, 2012 · · David Szondy · |
As part of the L, Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future award in 1987, a group of science fiction luminaries put together a text "time capsule" of their predictions about life in the far off year of 2012. Including such names as Orson Scott Card, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, Algis Budrys and Frederik Pohl, it gives us an interesting glimpse into how those living in the age before smartphones, tablets, Wi-Fi and on-demand streaming episodes of Community thought the future might turn out. |
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| Thoroughly Modern Miscellany | |
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| Mythical Dragon Gate Protects Home |
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· 08/26/2012 1:29:19 PM PDT · · Posted by EveningStar · · 11 replies · · My Modern Metropolis · · November 9, 2011 · · Pinar · |
In Dublin, Ireland, stands an estate reminiscent of old folklore, complete with its own dragon! Of course, dragons are mythical creatures, so this home only has a dragon made of steel which acts as its gatekeeper. The property, known at Harlech House, was originally built in 1798 by a Welsh immigrant. (The estate is actually named after a town in Wales called Harlech and the national flag has a dragon on it.) Harlech House sits on less than an acre of land but is full of enchantment. It features religious iconography and fairy-tale motifs throughout the seven-bedroom home, but it's... |
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| The Amazing Saga Of Two-Gun Cohen |
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· 08/29/2012 2:50:59 PM PDT · · Posted by Zionist Conspirator · · 11 replies · · The Jewish Press · · 8/29/'12 · · Steven Plaut · |
In November 1947, the United Nations was considering the creation of a Jewish state in parts of Western Palestine and a new Arab state in the other parts. The hopes of the Jews rested in large part on China. The five-member Security Council had to approve putting the resolution before the General Assembly, but China, one of the five, was threatening to veto it. The head of the Chinese delegation was approached by a hero of the Chinese campaign against the Japanese during World War II, a man who had been a general and senior adviser to President Sun Yat-sen.... |
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| Israeli Archaeologist Excavates Sobibor Death Camp To Reveal The Nazis' Buried Secrets |
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· 08/28/2012 7:11:00 PM PDT · · Posted by DogByte6RER · · 45 replies · · Haretz · · August 21, 2012 · · Associated Press · |
Israeli archaeologist digs into Sobibor death camp in search of Nazi killing machines Yoram Haimi's biggest breakthrough yet: mapping of what the Germans called the Himmelfahrsstrasse, or the 'Road to Heaven,' a path upon which the inmates were marched naked into the gas chambers. When Israeli archaeologist Yoram Haimi decided to investigate his family's unknown Holocaust history, he turned to the skill he knew best: He began to dig. After learning that two of his uncles were murdered in the infamous Sobibor death camp, he embarked on a landmark excavation project that is shining new light on the workings of... |
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| While digging a highway, Israeli archeologists find two figurines from the New Stone Age |
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· 08/31/2012 6:33:37 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 10 replies · · Art Daily · · Saturday, September 1, 2012 · · unattributed · |
Two figurines from the New Stone Age (Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) were discovered in excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority is currently conducting at the Tel Moza archaeological site, prior to work being carried out on the new Highway 1 from Sha'ar HaGai to Jerusalem by the National Roads Company. According to Anna Eirikh and Dr. Hamoudi Khalaily, directors of the excavation at the site on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, "The figurines, which are 9,000-9,500 years old, were found near a large round building whose foundations were built of fieldstones and upper parts of the walls were apparently made of... |
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| Turkey Lobbies Museums Around World to Return Artifacts |
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· 08/31/2012 7:11:20 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 13 replies · · Voice of America · · Friday, August 31, 2012 · · Dorian Jones · |
Turkey is following an increasingly aggressive policy of getting top museums around the world to return its heritage. Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertugrul Gunay says that in the last decade, more than 4,000 artifacts had been brought back to Turkey from world museums and collections... Gunay says when you visit the world's big museums in the US, England, France, Germany, you see that most of the precious artifacts came from Turkey, Italy, Egypt and Greece. Some of these, he says, were looted, and he is fighting to get back historical artifacts that went to the big museums of the... |
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| '1001 Muslim Inventions' Fantasy Comes to DC: The Presentation of Legend as History |
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· 08/26/2012 4:59:28 PM PDT · · Posted by YankeeReb · · 114 replies · · vinienco.com · · 8/26/2012 · · J. Christian Adams · |
National Geographic Explorer's Hall in Washington D.C. has hosted some of the most prestigious exhibits in America. Previous exhibits have included the Chinese terracotta warriors, as well as the James Caird, the lifeboat Sir Ernest Shackleton miraculously sailed from Antarctica to South Georgia Island in 1916. Currently it is hosting a curious exhibit through February 2013 entitled "1001 Inventions: Discover the Golden Age of Muslim Civilization." This high tech, slickly produced exhibit explicitly seeks to debunk the "myth" that the dark ages were dark. The exhibit purports to provide examples of innovations from Muslim civilization, and some of the... |
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| Staggering Number of Bones of Extinct Ice Age Animals Found in Mexico |
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· 09/06/2012 8:24:18 PM PDT · · Posted by ForGod'sSake · · 110 replies · · International Business Times · · September 4, 2012 · · Sanskrity Sinha · |
Apparently, archaeologists have also found a few human skeletal remains at the excavation site -- More than hundred bones of animals, now extinct, that thrived over 10,000 years ago (the late Pleistocene period), have been discovered in the state of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. Remains of megafauna that lived more than 10,000 years ago in what is now the Valley of Mexico. (Photo: INAH) The discovery was made at a construction site of a wastewater treatment plant near the river El Salto in the city of Atotonilco de Tula,... |
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| Human Genome Is Much More Than Just Genes |
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· 09/06/2012 10:04:50 PM PDT · · Posted by neverdem · · 13 replies · · ScienceNOW · · 5 September 2012 · · Elizabeth Pennisi · |
This diagram illustrates a chromosome in ever-greater detail, as the ENCODE project drilled down to DNA to study the functional elements of the genome. Credit: ENCODE project · The human genome -- the sum total of hereditary information in a person -- contains a lot more than the protein-coding genes teenagers learn about in school, a massive international project has found. When researchers decided to sequence the human genome in the late 1990s, they were focused on finding those traditional genes so as to identify all the proteins necessary for life. Each gene was thought to be a discrete piece... |
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· 09/01/2012 5:42:46 AM PDT · · Posted by Pharmboy · · 45 replies · · LA Times · · 9-1-12 · · Rosie Mestel · |
Scientists are beginning to analyze the DNA differences between modern humans and our extinct archaic relatives, the Denisovans. (National Human Genome Research Institute) Genome of ancient Denisovans may help clarify human evolution Scientists recently reported they had pieced together a high-quality sequence of an archaic human relative, the Denisovans. Among other things, the researchers took a close look at the ways in which we differ from these people, who were named after the place where their traces were discovered: Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia....snip It's "fascinating" to see the DNA changes that spread to most or all... |
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· 12/08/2006 11:24:32 AM PST · · Posted by Leifur · · 128 replies · 2,467+ views · · 8.12.2006 · · Leifur · |
Here are the basics of the history of Iceland. With a special emphasis of US - Icelandic connections and the US military presence here and its end in this year, and the disillusionment of many Icelanders, specially on the right, because of this towards the US wich they have supported for long time. 874: Scandinavian/british isles vikings and their celtic slaves began settling the country. 930: Mostly settled, the Icelandic Free State was established, a governing system without a king or any executive branch whatsoever. A very individualistic system of governance, that ensured peace and prosperity here for 300 years.... |
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| Two Iron Age Sites Discovered in Finland |
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· 09/03/2012 6:21:35 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 12 replies · · Popular Archaeology · · Thursday, September 6, 2012 · · unattributed · |
In the autumn of 2010, local amateur archaeologists discovered a large harbor, dating from around 1000-1200 AD, in Ahvenkoski village, at the mouth of western branch of the Kymijoki River in Finland. The findings included a smithy, a iron smelting furnace, forceps, as well as hundreds of iron objects such as boat rivets, similar to those found at Viking settlements in different parts of the Baltic, Scandinavia, Scotland and Iceland. More recently, in August of 2012 and in the same area, a 2 x 3 meter wide late Viking Age or Crusade period cremation grave was uncovered. Artifacts included a... |
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| [Indo-Euro]Language family may have Anatolian origins |
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· 09/01/2012 6:51:05 AM PDT · · Posted by Pharmboy · · 14 replies · · Science News · · August 23rd, 2012 · · Bruce Bower · |
Indo-European tongues traced back more than 8,000 years to present-day Turkey ANCIENT SPREADThe map shows the timing and geographic expansion of Indo-European languages proposed in a new statistical analysis. The red area in what's now Turkey is a possible birthplace of the Indo-European language family more than 8,000 years ago.Remco Bouckaert et al. Indo-European languages range throughout Europe and South Asia and even into Iran, yet the roots of this widespread family of tongues have long been controversial. A new study adds support to the proposal that the language family expanded out of Anatolia -- what's now Turkey -- between... |
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| Archaeologists unearth ruins of 1,500-year-old Jewish town in southern Israel |
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· 09/03/2012 6:06:02 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 8 replies · · Times of Israel · · Sunday, September 2, 2012 · · Matti Friedman · |
The remains of two Jewish ritual baths and two public buildings were uncovered in a salvage dig ahead of the paving of a new section of Israel's Highway 6, a north-south toll road eventually slated to run much of the length of the country. Both of the public buildings feature raised platforms along the walls facing Jerusalem, archaeologists say -- a trademark feature of Jewish houses of prayer... The existence of the town was known to scholars from archaeological surveys, but the findings show it was more substantial than had been previously thought, Nir Shimshon-Paran, the dig director, told The... |
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· 09/03/2012 7:54:05 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 8 replies · · Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archeology · · by 2009 · · Tony Marciniec · |
Just off the west coast of the Bodrum peninsula, southwest of an island called Yassiada, there is a submerged reef appropriately referred to by some as The Ship Trap. About A.D. 626, in the reign of Emperor Heraclius, when the Persians and the Avars were laying siege to Constantinople, the capital of the East Roman Empire, the reef claimed another victim, a small ship bearing in its hold a cargo of nearly a thousand wine amphorae. For more than thirteen centuries the shipwreck lay on the seabed until it was discovered by Kemal Aras, a Turkish diver, who then showed... |
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· 09/03/2012 7:00:33 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 10 replies · · Hurriyet Daily News · · Anatolia News Agency · |
The two big headless statues have been found at the ancient city of Aphrodisias. The ongoing excavation works at one of Turkey's most important archaeological sites, the Karacasu Aphrodisias Ancient City, have revealed two headless statues. According to information provided by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, one of the statues is in 1.76 meters in height and the other is 1.68 meters. One of the statues holds a roll in its left hand and its right hand is on its chest. There is a pack of documents behind its left foot, but the fingers and head are broken. The second... |
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· 09/07/2012 11:14:09 AM PDT · · Posted by marshmallow · · 6 replies · · Hurriyet Daily News · · 9/7/12 · · Dogan News Agency · |
A historic baptistery structure has been unearthed at one of the most important ancient sites in Kosovo by Turkish archaeologists. It is the first such excavation to be carried out by Turkish archaeologists in Europe Since the beginning of excavations in July in Kosovo's ancient city of Ulpiana, a baptistery dating from the Byzantine period have been unearthed by Turkish archaeologists of the Mimar Sinan University. At an excavation site in Kosovo's ancient city of Ulpiana, a team of Turkish archaeologists have discovered a baptistery dating from the Byzantine period. The archaeological team, consisting of archaeology students from Istanbul's Mimar... |
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| Crosses appear inside the Hagia Sophia |
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· 09/01/2012 11:49:37 AM PDT · · Posted by annalex · · 29 replies · · Orthodoxy and Hellenism · · September 30, 2011 · |
Strange and inexplicable event comes after the last appearance of winged angels. A paradox for those of us who do not possess the art of iconography is that the mosaics were covered with a thick layer of lime (about two fingers), as seen in this picture, in order to hide the Christian symbols. It is onto the lime cover that these crosses appeared. And rightfully should the visitors wonder, since they are not painted later. Somehow they "seeped" from the wall up to the outer surface of plaster? And why should only the crosses... |
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| The Revolution | |
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| Ask Ron column: Did Route 222 [PA] play an important role in the American Revolution? |
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· 09/06/2012 7:45:29 PM PDT · · Posted by Pharmboy · · 11 replies · · NY Daily News · · September 6th 2012 · · Ron · |
The road from Reading to Easton, now Route 222, was called King's Highway in 1776. It was a critical artery for the movement of troops and supplies during the American Revolution. Indeed, there's strong evidence that Gen. George Washington himself traversed the road on his way to upstate New York in 1782, stopping off in the Moravian town of Bethlehem. Revolution, however, was not on the minds of most colonists when the Reading-to-Easton road was proposed by Conrad Weiser, William Parsons and other leaders in 1753; Indians were. There had been massacres of settlers pushing north from Philadelphia to settle... |
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| The Great War | |
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| WWI era ammunition frozen in a glacier for nearly a century has been found in N. Italy |
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· 09/02/2012 7:17:19 PM PDT · · Posted by DogByte6RER · · 28 replies · · Daily Mail (U.K.) · · September 2, 2012 · · Alex Gore · |
First World War ammunition frozen in time for nearly a century has been found as glacier melts WWI ammunition frozen in time for nearly a century has been discovered in northern Italy. More than 200 pieces of the ammunition were revealed at an altitude of 3,200 metres by a melting glacier on the Ago de Nardis peak in Trentino. The 85-100mm caliber explosives weighed between seven and 10 kilos and explosives experts have been to the site to safely dispose of the weaponry. The once-perennial glacier began partially melted during a recent heat wave, allowing the Finance Police Alpine rescue... |
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| World War Eleven | |
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| B-17 - Fantastic Story of Survival |
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· 09/02/2012 8:54:46 AM PDT · · Posted by Windflier · · 84 replies · · Email · · Unknown · · Unknown Patriot · |
WWII B-17 Survival Story · B-17 "All American" (414th Squadron, 97BG) · Crew Pilot- Ken Bragg Jr. · Copilot- G. Boyd Jr. · Navigator- Harry C. Nuessle · Bombardier- Ralph Burbridge · Engineer- Joe C. James · Radio Operator- Paul A. Galloway · Ball Turret Gunner- Elton Conda · Waist Gunner- Michael Zuk · Tail Gunner- Sam T. Sarpolus · Ground Crew Chief- Hank Hyland · B-17 in 1943 · A mid-air collision on February 1, 1943, between a B-17 and a German fighter over the Tunis dock area, became the subject of one of the most famous photographs of World War II. An enemy fighter attacking a 97th Bomb Group formation went... |
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| The Holocaust | |
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| Volunteer For Auschwitz Among Polish War Heroes Buried In Mass Grave By Poland's Communist Regime |
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· 08/30/2012 8:34:00 PM PDT · · Posted by DogByte6RER · · 13 replies · · leaderpost.com · |
Man who volunteered for Auschwitz among war heroes Poland searching for in mass grave WARSAW, Poland - It could hardly have been a riskier mission: infiltrate Auschwitz to chronicle Nazi atrocities. Witold Pilecki survived nearly three years as an inmate in the death camp, managing to smuggle out word of executions before making a daring escape. But the Polish resistance hero was crushed by the post-war communist regime -- tried on trumped-up charges and executed. Six decades on, Poland hopes Pilecki's remains will be identified among the entangled skeletons and shattered skulls of resistance fighters being excavated from a mass... |
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| Egypt | |
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| Berlin marks 100 years of discovering Nefertiti |
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· 09/03/2012 7:30:22 PM PDT · · Posted by SunkenCiv · · 11 replies · · Hurriyet Daily News · · August 30, 2012 · · Agence France-Presse · |
Berlin's Egyptian Museum has said that it will celebrate the centenary of the discovery of the 3,400-year-old fabled bust of Egypt's Queen Nefertiti amid an ongoing feud with Cairo over its ownership. The museum said it would open an exhibition on Dec. 6 honoring the famous sculpture and other jewels of the Amarna period in its collection on the German capital's Museum Island. On the same day in 1912, the bust was unearthed by German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt. "The exhibition focuses on never-before-seen discoveries from the collections of the Berlin museum, supplemented by loans from other museums abroad," it said,... |
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| Janet Suzman 'Mad as a Snake' Over Rylance and Shakespeare 'Myths' |
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· 09/04/2012 12:39:06 PM PDT · · Posted by nickcarraway · · 21 replies · · Guardian · · Dalya Alberge · |
Janet Suzman 'mad as a snake' over Rylance and Shakespeare 'myths' |
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| Longer Perspectives | |
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| Must Read: Zombies: How the Left Captured Academia, the Media, and Other Organizations |
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· 09/05/2012 2:07:10 PM PDT · · Posted by lbryce · · 23 replies · · PJMedia · · September 5 , 2012 · · Vik Rubenfeld · |
Alinsky-style behavior in the workplace itself may have been the key Recent studies have confirmed that American universities have become bigoted and biased against the expression of conservative views. One new study documents bias against the expression of conservative views among social and personality psychologists, including those at universities: We find that respondents significantly underestimate the proportion of conservatives among their colleagues. ... that conservatives fear negative consequences of revealing their political beliefs to their colleagues. Finally, we find that conservatives are right to do so. In decisions ranging from... |
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